Workflow modeling for virtual processes: An order-preserving process-view approach

Information Systems

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 505-532

  Liu, Duen Ren ^a   Shen, Minxin ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Process abstraction; Process modeling; Virtual workflow; Workflow management

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; VIRTUAL REALITY;

PROCESS ABSTRACTION; VIRTUAL ENTERPRISES; VIRTUAL WORKFLOW; WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0038487715     PISSN: 03064379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4379(02)00028-5     Document Type: Article

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